It was time for Yuri Hsien to say something to the Duke.
“Shh.”
Kali put her hand between the two people. Kali’s orange eyes stared fiercely at the closed door.
“Someone’s outside. They seem to be eavesdropping.”
At Kali’s whispering words, tension flowed over the faces of the Duke and Yuri Hsien. Andercen, who had been assessing the situation for a moment, assisted the Duke back to bed. It was done very carefully and quietly.
Soon after, there was a knock on the door.
“Your Grace, darling. It’s me.”
The one who spoke in a sweet voice was none other than Kendall.
The Duke’s body jerked as he lay still for a moment. She was a woman hard to be friendly with in the first place, and now she was calling him darling. It was odd that he was not flustered. But her voice was so sweet, the Duke suddenly recalled a doubt.
‘According to Yuri, I was said to have loved that woman very much.’
He had fallen in love so quickly that he had remarried without a moment’s hesitation, even as Yuri tried to dissuade him.
‘Then, I should feel something for that woman, like when I see Yuri.’
But strangely, he didn’t feel anything from Kendall.
‘No, is it not? Have I developed a prejudice after hearing Yuri’s story?’
When he looks at Yuri Hsien, he feels affectionate enough to want to listen to whatever she says.
So he never even thought to doubt, but maybe Yuri Hsien is deceiving him. It was a thought that the Duke, who had no information, could reasonably have.
‘I need to check it out myself.’
So, instead of avoiding Kendall by pretending to sleep as before, the Duke raised his hand.
“……?”
When Yuri Hsien looked puzzled, pretending that the Duke was sleeping and trying to send Kendall away, the Duke grinned.
“I want to verify something.”
“Verify… what?”
“Yes. I want to know if I really loved that woman.”
The Duke confessed frankly.
Someone might have found this unpleasant. Bringing someone who was about to die forgotten in a collapsing hut and not fully trusting the savior’s words. But Yuri Hsien wasn’t like that.
“Yes, I understand. Father.”
She brought the Duke home not for fun but to set everything right. To do that, he had to choose for himself rather than being swayed by a few words.
So Yuri Hsien welcomed the Duke’s words that he would check for himself from the beginning, holding both hands.
“Come in.”
As Yuri Hsien spoke, Andercen opened the door.
Kendall was holding a tray with a somewhat stiff expression. She swallowed dryly as she looked at the Duke lying on the bed and Yuri Hsien sitting by his side.
It was burdensome to be stared at by those identical faces, but the vivid red eyes also looked alike, feeling as if they would pierce her gaze.
‘Those highhanded expressions. They’re really annoying.’
Pride from being wellborn. A lofty selfesteem like noble blood. The arrogance typical of high aristocrats was stronger in those gazes than anyone else’s. When faced with those eyes, Kendall felt herself diminishing endlessly. Even if they both wore the Windsor insignia, there were still ranks.
‘I thought I had finally escaped from those eyes…….’
For some unknown reason, Oergen, who was clearly supposed to be dead, came back to life. And that by Yuri Hsien, whom he thought had broken his heart long ago!
“I don’t know where it went wrong, but if it did, all we have to do is correct it.”
With that thought, Kendall approached with a faint smile, then handed over to Oergen the cup that was on the tray he was holding.
“I’ve heard a little of the story. You must be tired. Sleep. It’s lemonade, which the Duke used to enjoy.”
A tangy lemon scent came from the translucent liquid. Ever since Yuri Hsien made lemonade for him when he was young, Oergen used to drink lemonade whenever he was tired.
“Yes.”
Oergen, not specifically stopped by Andersen, took it as a signal and took the cup that Kendall offered.
It was then.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
